600 miles to clean 275 sq ft of carpet

[Mikey P]

I road from the coast the basically the Nevada boarder to clean a 20+ year old carpet that has never been cleaner before this weekend. Granted it's a vacation cabin in the eastern Sierras that can only be accessed 3 to 4 months out of the year, but it was loaded with soil and in dire need of some TLC...


Getting there was half the fun...

the "tunnel view" of Yosemite valley..

View of Half Dome from Glacier Point..

View of El Capitan from beside it..

View of Half Dome from Hwy 120

Perty lake near Tuolumne meadows

Avalanche!

I hired a local cleaner to help me with the dirty job..

The first of four cups that we Bisselled out..

No power so we dug out a generator to run the Vac and AP with

The one two punch!

A good scrubbing with a Oreck jiggler

and loads of heat..

The carpet under the ancient water heater was LOADED with soot, even the back was black..

But it came out pretty good..

thanks to this..

and this...

awesome ride, awesome time with Eck and I'm awesomely tired..

 

[Scott S.]

nice. but why didnt you take the lunchpail?

 

[Mikey P]

uh, do you see that bike in the pics?

 

[Bob Foster]

That looked like a beautiful ride. Too bad Jim had to bring his van and not his bike.

 

[Scott S.]

yeah true. just was wondering.

 

[Jimbo]

Hey...it was a great cleaning project...I cleaned out the filter in the Everest this afternoon, Mike...it was full also!

Yeah a MC ride would have been good Bob...but I could not turn down the LIFETIME SUPPORTING MEMBERSHIP on M/B...along with LIFETIME MIKEFEST DUES...and a perpetual tab at the 'hooker bar!'...plus a plateful of baby back ribs!

 

[Jerry]

what kind of heat and flow outa Eckmans Everest?

 

[Jimbo]

9 thousands flow on a Glided by G PMF 2" wand


Prochem liars temp gauge at 250...but it is burn your hands hot!


Looking for a 5.9 or 6008 blower next..


I do hot rods also!

 

[BradFenstermaker]

I would say the work is worth the ride.

Is that the cabin Tom speaks of?

Jim you still have the duromax?

 

[Jimbo]

Hey Brad...the Everest is mounted in the Duramax Diesel Van..06

 

[Mikey P]

thats the one!

 

[Hoody]

That Everest is a nice machine. We have both the 650, and 650HP. Cleaning residential and small commercial is a breeze. Good heat, and vac.

 

[Wandslinger]

You're not going to make us take our shoes / boots off at the front door now are you?

The Oregon trip is still on if you're interested. It's going to be a killer because I got invited to go tuna fishing out of San Diego on my buddy's sport fisher the weekend before and will return the night before we leave.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Man that's some pretty country!

Bad ass bike too!

Eckman is too cool! 8)

Where the hell did all that debris come from? :shock:

 

[Mikey P]

20 year old carpet that has never seen a real vacuum, just a sweeper.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Wow that amazing!

 

[John Olson]

I so want to Jump off El Cap......

 

[Desk Jockey]

John you're nutz!

But I bet it's fun!

I'd need a push......and maybe a crowbar to get my claws to let go of the rock! :wink:

 

[harryhides]

20 year old carpet that has never seen a real vacuum, just a sweeper.

Did you "pre-sweep" before you pre-vacuumed ?

Nice uniforms, dudes !



ps, note how the deers head on the wall compares to Mickey's.

 

[Guest]

Looks like fun!

Thanks for the pics, Mike.

 

[TimP]

I watched a show about some guy climbing that rock.

They said it was under a glacier in the ice age and that it polished the stone probably more like honed it. They said it's very diffucuilt because you can't get traction on it. And if it rains you're pretty much SOL if you aren't in a safe area.

I've also been there at yosimite.....if I have my park names right. I used to live within driving distance from there while growing up and never went till I came back to visit home years ago. It really is something else. And to think that most of california is naturally a desert now.

 

[Becker]

Did ya get any pics of your bike?

 

[Louis]

That is a cool little scrubber. Good for small jobs and upstairs.

 

[Richard Crawford]

Did ya get any pics of your bike?

Have you ever posted a picture that didn't have a set of boobs in it that were not your wife's?
No wonder she dumped you Doodey.

 

[Heathrow]

Fantastic country - hope I get to see it one day. It must take your breath away being there above it all.

 

[Becker]

Have you ever posted a picture that didn't have a set of boobs in it that were not your wife's?
No wonder she dumped you Doodey.

Ass sucker! Even under a fake name, wow. Someone is in love!

BTW, perhaps you only notice the boobs.

I could air the complete story as did Hale, but all I have to say is life is great! Stacy and I were not happy with each other.
One of the most peaceful divorces you'll ever hear of.